Shoe.



,R.00HEN.

` SHOE, v APPLICATION FILED 00T 9, 191.2.

1,053,974. Patented Feb. 25, 1913.

'el Brooklvn, in the county of Kings and haring one pair of shoes to possess herself out thi digiculties whichl have heretofore ifi clined upwardly or downwardly to conform my'invention; Fig. 2` is an enlarged vertical ell'l-E STATES ATEN onirica.

EE UBEI COHEN,

OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR lO MANHATTAN, SHOE TRIM- MING COMPANY, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF LNEWT YORK.

SHOE.

Application led October,

To all whom it may concern:

lle it known that I, REUBEN COHEN, a tit-.aen of the United States,and a resident of New' York, have invented certain and useful Improvements in Shoes, of h the following is a specication. The invention relates more particularly to the class of shoes worn by ladies and pumps and slippers, and othere. and `said invention resides in a novel :mosti-notion enabling the ready application of ornamental buckles to the front of the shoes, my invention permitting a person of a number of different styles of buckles and to apply them to theshoes to modify the appearance of the latter as frequently as she may desire.

@ne purpose of the invention is to enable the ready application of buckles to slippers. and pumps, or other style of low shoe, Without the use of sewing and lacing and withbeen experienced in applying buckles to shoes by mechanical means.

7Ehe novel construction presented by me' comprises substantially two parts, one being fastened 'to the shoe by a staple or the like and serving as a base tongue and the other being the buckle or ornament proper havinrf a central bar adapted to be engaged With said tongue in a manner permitting war-ily freni the front of the shoe near the opening therein and being capable not only of rec iving uckles ornaments varying in outline or configuration but of being into the shape of the instep and other conditions so to set the buckles or ornaments in their in eii'ective position.

` on will be fully understood from the detailed description hereinafter pieseited, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view" of a pump equipped with a buckle structure embodying longitudinal section througha portion of the same, the buckle being shown in section on a greatly enlarged scale; Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the same on the dotted line 3 3 of Fig. 2; Fig. e is an en- Specication of Letters Patent.

body Patented Feb. 25, lei. 1912. serial no. 724,692. r

presented to illustrate more particularly' the staple by Whichthe part shown in Fig. 4 is secured to the shoe; Fig. 6 is a detached face View of a buckle for applicationto the pumpor shoe and differs from the construction shown in Figs. l, 2 and 3 merely in the outline of its frame, it being the intention tol employ various -styles of buckles with the receiving part of the structure shown in Fig.

et; and Fig. 7' is a detached perspective View of the central vertical transverse bar of the buckle, whether of the ornamental character shown in Fig. l or that illustrated in Fig. 6, said bar beingof proper dimensions to be slid into` the guiding tongue shown in Fig. 4 and to be iinally fastened therein,

when necessary, by the applicationof a staple extended through holes in said bar'and in the back of theguiding tongue, as shown in Fig. 2. y n

ln the drawings, l() designates the shoe, 1l a mechanical part secured to the front thereof and aiiording a body portion l2 and guiding tongue 13, and le the buckle or ornament to be connected with the shoe by engaging the saire with the part ll. l1 has its body portion 12'Hat againstrthe upper of the shoe and is preferably secured thereto by a staple l5, shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 5, which straddlest-he narrower portion of said body 19 and entersthe material of the upper i6 of the shoe. The body 12 has at its upper portion laterally projecting eX- tensions 17 Which prevent the same from slipping from the staple andenable the employment ot a staple in lieu of sewing or other means tor securing said body to the shoe. .fit the forward end of thevbody l2 is The part located' the tongue 13 which is integral with said body and wardly and is preferably in the form of a box loop or guide, the material of said tongue being flanged forwardly and then laterally, -asat 18, to form the guide and leave between said flanges, at their inner edges, a longitudinal. openspace 19. The

stamped up from sheet nr'letall and prefer1- 12 ,and tongue or guide 13' may be.

extends upwardly and rearlill) www nblyrriil'lde thneitornied. lshall preferably use sheet n'ietol 'in the formation o the body .lilendtongue '13 which is of durablechair0 noter'but slightlyilexible, so that the niche. nation of the tonguetl .innn upwardly and rearwardly direction may be varied .by bend v 7 ing 'the tongue'forwnrdly or rearwardly to suit the special `conditions thzttmey be met,

such as the shepeof'the instep ofthe wearer 'E the shoe, the style o' orrniiient desired,

and other circnnietences.' h

Thebuckle or ornement lll comprises it rectnnguler`freine" ol metal, Celluloid or' other suitable matermh hovingn transyerse.-

opening1 .Q0 `inits Acentral portion Vand being outwardly curvedto approxirnn tely, conform to the shape' of the shoe.; The buckle 14 has secured to its inners'ide theendsof the ver-- tical bnr 25.7 the body o Whichete inwardly :trein the' inner snrfefnolthe general buckle freine so ne to. afford pocket :for'the 'strip Fig; .7; secured "tof4 4the traine of-f the buckle kor ornament and in laddition the'v body, of seid bei' .is "preferably formed With` holes' v2?, which may be einployedi'nfthe mnnner hereinafter described to receive it "Staple, Ullhe ends 24 of thebar leref reduced 1n width lso tht they' niay-fpaesY through the` l space "19 lett between the adjoining edges ot is nement or'buekle 'lfot suitable outline and* serted vthrough :seid bnr-and thefhnck of the.:

the guiding tongue l3,.and said tongue given-ite homelike orrnntondeo' as to reeelve and'housethe body ofthe-bnr 21..' The boxlike' giiiding tongne'l isb-pen at upper end lower ende, und hence iney'freceive: the'v body of the bnrlwhenseidber ,isi slid-'into the' saine, the redurfzed endsl during. the

movement' oliy the ber y525i into the box-hire tongue'lfbeing extended through the space 19' of saidtongue.

, The `conetructifm presente riseesubstantiell ftwo "Jerte one beine" show-n in Fig. -nnd the other beingthe. or-v carrying the yerticnl'bar Q'ladopted to be slid into the box-like tongue 13 and tofthere'i by nerve asthe Ineens .for connectingzseid buckle With'snidl tongue and consequently- With. the Shoe. l kpreferably provide the. openings' 23 in the her 2l nndeorresponding openings -25 in tliebtelo* theftongue 13 so' that rzitter thebuclrleor ornament llth'esn been vslid to positionl or engaged With- Seid tongue,v the legs of eestziple f26-rnay vbe in# f tongue 'to rigidly fasten vth'e'buckle sind tonguetogethen es' illustrated .in Fig.`

After; the buckle or ornarne'iitfllt has been appliedtothe tongue 1B anchthereby con'- neetedwith' theshoe the iller Strip 2Q 'of leetheror other suitable niterial will be in-y sertedbetween the or'vverdeurfnee ot the tongue 1'3 and the .rear surface of the. freine ofthe buckle or orimnientlt toelosev the opening 2() in eti'd frame and 'afford en nttrnctivelinish to the buckle or'ornainent.

`The materiel 22f1nay^be offpntont-leether,- "sillnor anynmterielwluch the owner oi the shoee: inightgdeemdesirable to luse.

ln Fig. ll illnetrznte.n lbuckle 'or-ornement traniel of reetangu'lnr outline andhnving tint surfaces'bfutdesireit understood that;

the trame of 'thenblckle or orn'sunent maybe:

of any snitztble'ontli'ne or any of the various' outlines inWh-ieh shoe buckles'v'or orntnjr'ients` of' the' clesswto which Inyinyentionperteins are Constructed I illustrate; however; in? Fig. 6 one additional bucklefratineinerelyf to emphasizetlie fact that' my lpreseirtin` vention is; not -linitedite.thefgenerallframe of the buckle` but :to the construction by 'which vthe buckleotivhateyer outline may be conveniently attached tov the 'puinp, slipper or other forln'oiishoe,

l preferably forni tlie. bongfuide on- 'the' tongue vthen-being simply n fiat bar corre.

vsjg'ion'ding with the bar 2l to .receive the guide carried vby thejbuclrleiirftme. l prefer, however, that vthebox ,guide beforzned on the tongue 13 `so that itniey projectforwardly.v

or in av direction romthe foot of the wearer. .of the sl1oe. y

I r"lfllithout 'unnecessrilylimiting my inyene' fton'to detnilsof-.orm orconsti'uction, what Tallinn aS 'new and'deelre to Secure by Let# tersA Petent, iS

1.? A sho'ef nndf-a .buckleeornnnient 'strue' 'ture thereiorcomprlsing `n ineniber secured tothe shoe and a frame constituting the buckle or 'ornament proper, said 'member 'and trarne havinginterengaging partsv detach` ably. connecting, thern together combined with 'additional ineanS securingv seid .parte in -rig'id'rela'tion to each other.

l 2.l A sho,nnd a buckle or ornament Struc- :ture therefor comprising n member secured to thegshoehaving an'upwnrdly andrew'-V Wndly extending tongue. and n frame' constituting the buckle or ornament yproper frame together.

eher, and a buckle or ornament etrucrture therefor comprising n member Secured to the shoe having en' upwardly `and reni'- y Wnrdly extending tongne,nnd o. frame constituting` the buckle or ornament proper havingn bar to be shdably engaged with said tongue for connecting Said tongue and .freine together, one of 'said engaging parts being. ,of honloop formation to receive the other inert.

'haying a5 bnr to -be'slidubly vengaged with" 'stud tongue for connecting` said tongue andv 4. A shoe, und a buckle or ornement strucvture thereforl comprising n member secured to tlie'shoe liaving'an upwardly and rear Vseidtonoue for connectin said tono'ue and frame together, `one of said engaging' parts being of box-loop formation to receive the other part, end both of said parts having corresponding hole-s to receive the legs of a staple for securing them in rigid relation to euch other. f

5. A shoe, and a.4 buckle or ornament structure therefor comprising a member secured t-o the shoehaving an upwardly and rearwardly extending tongue of box-loop formation open at its upper end, and a trame constituting the buckle or ornament proper having a vertical bar set rearwardly therefrom to be slid into said tongue.

6. A shoe, and a buckle or ornament structure therefor comprising u member secured to the shoe having an upwardly and rearwardly extending tongue, and a frame constituting the buckle or ornament proper having u bur to be Slidably'engage'd With said tongue for connecting said tongue and frame together, said tongue being bendzible for rui-ying the inclination thereof and of said frame.

7. A shoe, and a buckle or ornament strucnecting said ture therefor comprising a member having .a body portion secured to the front of the upper of the shoe and an upwardly and rearwardly extending tongue projected from the front end of said body porti-on, and a frame constituting the buckle or ornement proper having av vertical bar to be slidably engaged with said tongue for contongue and frame together.

8. A shoe, and a buckle or ornament structure therefor comprising a member having a body portion secured to the front of the 'upper of the shoe and 'an upwardly and rearwardly `extending tongue projected from the front end of said body portion, and a frame constituting the buckleor ornement proper havinga vertical bar to be vslidably engaged 'with said tongue for connecting said tongue und frame together, said tongue being of box-loop formation open at its upper end, and said bar being olfset rearwardly. from said frame to enter Said box-loop und leuven space between said loop und frame for the recept-ion of an ornamental filler strip behind said frame.

Signed at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, this seventh day ot' October A. D. y191.2.

REUBEN COHEN. lWitnesses ARTHUR MARION,

Cime. C. GILL. 

